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With wisdom, Mr. Obama challenges us to engage breathtaking changes with enduring values. With courage, he links raging storms, gathering clouds, greed, bad decisions, threats of terrorism, and [...]

Just as I seek to protect appropriate boundaries between religion and government, I also protect appropriate boundaries between my work as President of Interfaith Alliance and my role as Pastor [...]

President Bush has declared today, January 16, 2009 as Religious Freedom Day.  Other presidents have done the same. However, it is an ironic act on the part of a president who leaves office with [...]

Tune in this weekend to State of Belief as we take a closer look at the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.  Host Welton Gaddy speaks with civil rights activist and prominent minister, [...]

Seeing as you found your way to the internet, I’m sure you know that Barack Obama will become President of the United States next Tuesday. But his electoral victory also puts him on track to lead [...]

With all the controversy surrounding the choice of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the Obama Inauguration, Steve Waldman over at Beliefnet.com has taken the opportunity to track down all [...]

The Washington Post has a very interesting story today about a house of worship in DC focused on faith-based activism. They provide everything from help finding jobs, to affordable housing and [...]

I read Sarah Posner’s blog post on religion and the Democratic party and was impressed by her analysis. So, where is the Democratic Party going with religion? Is the nation entering a new [...]

The following is cross-posted at On Faith Whether or not there a religious or scriptural basis for gay marriage depends entirely upon who is answering that question as well as the religious [...]

The following is cross-posted at BeliefNet’s Progressive Revival. Did you see this ad in the “A” section of today’s New York Times? After reading it, I am pleased to see the newfound commitment [...]